Creative Success Depends on Long View
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In this podcast, we feature author Taylor Marsh, who [read more]
Conversational Intelligence And The Government Shutdown
A couple of things happened on October 1 that I want to discuss here.
First the US government shut down due to a budget impasse over the Affordable Care Act. Second, a book called Conversational Intelligence by my friend Judith Glaser was [...]
Podcast: The New World of Work
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Executive & Career Transition Coach, Dr. Beth Ross, is the author of the new eBook, Career Metamorphosis, which is full of helpful hints on moving forward to a new career adventure!
Dr. Beth Ross, who specializes in helping [...]
Podcast: Success Tweets
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JenningsWire blogger, Leadership Consultant & Career Coach, Bud Bilanich Ed.D. “The Common Sense Guy,” is the author of Success Tweets:140 Bits of Common Sense Career Success Advice All in 140 Characters or Less.
In [...]
The Importance Of Surrounding Yourself With Positive People
I was feeling a little lazy this morning.
Last night our friends took Cathy and me to my favorite Mexican Restaurant here in Denver – the Brewery Bar II – to celebrate my birthday. We had a great time, but this morning I was feeling a little [...]
Why Your New And Creative Idea Isn’t Welcome At Work And What You Can Do About It
By: Margaret Ross
July 29, 2013 | Comments Off on Why Your New And Creative Idea Isn’t Welcome At Work And What You Can Do About It
Bob, in the cubicle next to yours at work, just got a promotion and a raise.
Bob has been at Con-Soft-Drink-Co for only a few months, whereas you have been there for almost 5 years.
So, you decide one morning at 3 am (while devouring Oreos because [...]
Podcast: Give Your Career A Vacation!
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JenningsWire blogger and Career Strategist, Sherri Thomas is the Founder and President of Career Coaching 360 and best-selling author of The Bounce Back, which won the 2013 award for best career book from Indie Book Awards.
Sherri [...]
Why You (And Your Career) Need A Vacation
Ahhhhhhhhhhh, I just returned home after renting an ocean-view condo in Newport Beach for one month.
One full month of playing at the beach, building sandcastles, staring out at the ocean and digging my toes into wet sand and then watching it [...]
A Career Success Lesson From Carole King
I saw a great show on PBS this week.
Carole King was awarded the prestigious George Gershwin prize for lifetime achievement in popular music, recognizing her achievements in music spanning the last six decades.
This award is presented by the [...]
How Committed Are You?
Every career path is challenging.
Without question, those who succeed are fully vested. They’re willing to do whatever it takes to reach their goals. They just won’t accept failure. They press on in the face of hardship. They ignore naysayers. [...]
Nurture Your Network Before You Need It
I had dinner with an old friend the other evening.
He head recently gone through a pretty tough time. His company was downsizing and he lost his job. This was on December 20. He landed a new job by the end of January. He didn’t settle [...]
Self Esteem And Career Success
February is National Self Esteem month.
It’s a good time to reflect a bit on how confident you are. Your self-esteem and confidence are directly related to how optimistic you are.
Tweet 42 in my book Success Tweets says it well. “Choose [...]
Presentation Lessons From The GOP Response To The State Of The Union
Did you watch the State of the Union address and the Republican response the other night?
I watched for two reasons: 1) to hear what each side had to say, and 2) to observe the presentation skills of President Obama and Senator Rubio. Because [...]
The Power Of Persistence
So I’m driving up Interstate 4 from Tampa to Orlando listening to the rock and roll station.
One song ends and the disc jockey says something like, “The next song is from a performer who, back in 1967, auditioned to replace Steve Winwood [...]
A Final Bit of Career Success Advice From the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl happened over a week ago – and what a weird one it was.
The Ravens were way ahead and looked like they were going to run away with it.
Then the power went out in the stadium. It took about 35 minutes to get it back on and [...]
Career Success Lessons From The Super Bowl Coaches
The Super Bowl is only a few days away.
Today I want to provide some career success advice that I picked up from the Harbaugh brothers, the opposing head coaches in Sunday’s game.
Jim coaches the 49ers. In the 10th game of the season, he [...]
Forever Young
I’m one of the 500 or so people in the USA who go to the movies to see documentaries.
I saw a very interesting documentary the other day, Diana Vreeland, The Eye Has to Travel. It’s life the story of Diana Vreeland, the noted fashion columnist [...]
2013 Success Rule #1: Get Clear
I am a big believer in the power of clarity.
I always tell my coaching clients that they need to clarify the purpose and direction for their lives and careers. Tweet 1 in my career advice book Success Tweets: 140 Bits of Common Sense Career [...]
Blessings From Bad Circumstances
Staying positive.
Many of my clients and some of my acquaintances find it hard to stay positive in these recent months after the Sandy Hook shootings and the Mall Massacre and economic hard times. In her lyrics, Laura Story asks, “What [...]
Career Success Lessons from the Fiscal Cliff Discussions
Have you been following the fiscal cliff discussions?
President Obama presented his plan. The other side reacted. Mitch McConnell said he laughed when he saw it. John Boehner said both sides are “nowhere” when it comes to reaching [...]
Be Gracious – Especially When Things Don’t Work Out as You Hoped
It’s a week after the election and Mitt Romney continues to put his foot in his mouth.
In a call with big donors to his campaign the other day he said, “The president’s campaign, if you will, focused on giving targeted groups a [...]
The Other Dream Team
Over the weekend I saw a great movie called The Other Dream Team.
If you recall, the original Dream Team was the USA basketball team in the 1992 Olympics. This was the first time NBA professionals competed in the Olympics. The USA Dream [...]
Is Your Reputation Haunted by Ghosts and Goblins?
It’s Halloween once again – time for the ghosts and goblins to come out and play.
While ghosts and goblins are great fun on Halloween; they’re not good when they haunt your reputation. Here are a couple of scary stories that illustrate [...]
Your Unique Gifts, Skills and Abilities Make You Special
My corporate climb
The other day, I interviewed Andy Mills retired President of the Thomson Reuters Financial Professional Publishing Group. This interview is for my membership site, My Corporate Climb.
Andy grew the Thomson Reuters Financial [...]
How Ben Affleck Turned Around His Career
There’s a new movie about the Iran Hostage Crisis coming out on Friday.
It’s called “Argo” and is directed by Ben Affleck. Ben has resurrected his career. If you recall, he was a mainstay of the tabloids several years ago. Now [...]
To Thine Own Self Be True
Hiring by algorithms
There was in interesting article in the Wall Street Journal a couple of weeks ago called “Meet the New Boss: Big Data, Companies trade In Hunch-Based Hiring for Computer Modeling.” In part it said…
“For more [...]
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